Research Article
Adaptive Application Configuration and Distribution in Mobile Cloudlet Middleware
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-36660-4_13, author={Tim Verbelen and Pieter Simoens and Filip Turck and Bart Dhoedt}, title={Adaptive Application Configuration and Distribution in Mobile Cloudlet Middleware}, proceedings={Mobile Wireless Middleware, Operating Systems, and Applications. 5th International Conference, Mobilware 2012, Berlin, Germany, November 13-14, 2012, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={MOBILWARE}, year={2013}, month={2}, keywords={}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-36660-4_13} }- Tim Verbelen
Pieter Simoens
Filip Turck
Bart Dhoedt
Year: 2013
Adaptive Application Configuration and Distribution in Mobile Cloudlet Middleware
MOBILWARE
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36660-4_13
Abstract
Despite recent advances in mobile device capabilities in terms of CPU power, memory, connectivity, etc, these devices still fall short to execute complex media rich and data analysis applications. Therefore, the concept of cloudlets was introduced, where nearby infrastructure is used by the mobile user for code offloading. However, the way this infrastructure is used is often left to the application developer, leading to a best effort approach in utilizing remote resources. In this paper we present a middleware approach for such cloudlet environments, that manages mobile applications on a component level. The middleware monitors application components in the cloudlet, and optimizes both the configuration and the deployment of all components in the cloudlet for the current execution context. We present a prototype implementation of the middleware platform, and show the effectiveness of our adaptation strategy using an augmented reality use case.